Digital Angel Corp. announced that its subsidiary Destron Fearing would soon launch a new global pocket reader series. The series consist of two durable and flexible RFID readers – the Pocket Reader and Pocket Reader EX – designed for companion animal veterinary practices, pet rescue shelters and low-volume manual scanning operations. Both models have the […]

GE Healthcare and Cisco have joined forces to help hospitals improve the quality of patient care, increase efficiency, and reduce costs by enabling them to better manage the flow of patients, staff and medical equipment. Hospitals will now have the ability to deploy GE’s AgileTrac platform, integrated with the Cisco Unified Wireless Network and Cisco […]

The Peninsula Regional Medical Center of Salisbury, Md. has teamed up with AeroScout to deploy a real-time location system to monitor critical equipment, as well as refrigeration units with pharmaceuticals and other temperature-sensitive items. The 362-bed facility is using AeroScout’s solutions and leveraging its network throughout for a variety of use cases and applications such […]

Awarepoint Corp. announced that it will be participating in the upcoming HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition. Attendees who visit Awarepoint’s Booth #1901 in Hall B will see live demonstrations of health care solutions designed to actively track, monitor and optimize the utilization and work flow of both equipment and people in hospitals environments. Awarepoint will […]

Frisbie Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N.H., has teamed with In Motion Technology to deploy a real-time monitoring network that will virtually connect and manage emergency medical equipment, and improve communications amongst hospital staff. FMH initially purchased In Motion’s onBoard Mobile Gateway to track vehicles and relay patient information from the field to the emergency room, but […]

Quebec’s maple syrup producers federation was recently granted more than $110,000 in federal funding to study the use of RFID as a traceability tool, reports Manitoba Cooperator. The Federation des Producteurs Acericoles du Quebec received funding from the federal Canadian Integrated Food Safety Initiative to study the use on maple syrup barrels to improve product […]

EarthSearch announced order delivery of the LogiBoxx real-time management solution to iFleet for monitoring of oil tankers in the nation of Tanzania. EarthSearch’s LogiBoxx paired with its RFSeal locks, are used to secure the tank dispenser and monitor the removal of oil content from the tanker. The LogiBoxx communicates wirelessly with the RFSeal to determine […]

AeroScout revealed a new hand hygiene compliance monitoring solution designed specifically to help hospitals improve patient safety and regulatory compliance. The solution leverages AeroScout’s RFID technology integrated with SMARTLINK series dispensers from GOJO Industries, and enables health care organizations to monitor if, when and where staff members are sanitizing their hands with either soap and […]